Media Center Episode 18


Podcast Ep. 18 Vid. 1

The guy on the left sold his friend’s (the bald guy’s) teddy bear. (МИШКА = “teddy bear,” and like the word ПАПА is actually a masculine noun, despite the ‘a’ at the end.)
He offers to buy him a new one. What does the bald guy say?

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Не нужен мне твой новый, мне нужен мой старый!
I don’t need your new (one), I need my old (one)!

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Podcast Ep. 18 Vid. 2

What does she say?

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Папа, мне очень нужен новый телефон!
Papa, I really need a new phone.

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Podcast Ep. 18 Vid. 3

What does Uncle Owen tell Luke?

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Ты мне нужен здесь, Люк. (LIT: You to me are needed here.)
I need you here, Luke.

Но это целый год.
But that’s a whole year!

Всего один сезон.
It’s all of one season.

NOTE: ВСЕГО is the “of” form of ВСЁ…Hence “всего” = “all of”…something we learn and work with in Russian Accelerator.

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Podcast Ep. 18 Vid. 4

Can you get the gist here? What doesn’t Papa Pig need?

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Слава Богу мне не нужна аэробика.
Thank God I don’t need aerobics.

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Podcast Ep. 18 Vid. 5

In this clip, a young man walks into the office of a casting director. Can you translate his question?

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Извините, вам актёры не нужны?
Excuse me, do you guys need actors?

Нет молодой человек. Нам актёры не нужны.
No, young man. We don’t need actors.
NOTE: АКТЁРЫ is plural, with that “ee” sound, and so the word for ‘need’ is in its plural form: НУЖНЫ (to rhyme)

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Podcast Ep. 18 Vid. 6

Can you spot a new word from podcast #18?

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Это не моя машина? Это Ягора!
This is not my car. This is Yigor’s.

Молодец!
Great job! (He’s being sarcastic.)

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